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McGILL & TYNAN.

Lamp Lighter.

Patented May 14. 1867.

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MICHEAL McGlLl AND JOSEPH E. TYNAN, 0F PATERSON, NEW JERSEY Letters Jnf4"12tNo.-64,684, dated .WIQ/ 14, 1867.

I IMPROVED STREET-LAMP LIGHTER.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

Be it known that we, MIOHEAL McGILL and JOSEPH E. TYNAN, of Paterson, in the county of Passaic, in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful improvements in-Hand-Lanterus for Lighting Street 01; other Lamps in exposed situations; andwe hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure I is a side elevation of the lantern when closed. l .Figure II is a-sectional elevation when opened in the manner and for thepurpose hereinafter described.

Figure III is a front view of the lantern when open. The same letters of reference represent like parts in.the several figures. ais the usual chimney or cowl common to other lanterns. Z1 6 are two guard-wings, attached to the lower section of the lantern c, and between whichwings the flame is protected from gusts of wind whilst it is being applied to the lighting of street lamps, in the manner seen in Figs. II and III. An opening, f, is situated in the front of the upper portion of the case 0, Fig. III, through which light is emitted when the lantern is closed, the other lights f showing no light, except when the lantern is being used as in Fig. II. Each of those openings in the Wings 6 b and in the front 0 are provided with mica, horn, or glass windows to enable, by their transparency, the operator to see when he applies the flame of the lantern to the wick ot' the stationary lamp. The bottom portion 0 of the lantern is attached to thc'upper portion 0 by the hinge g, situated at the back of the lower portion of the case and in front of the handle d. Immediately above the handle (2, and attached to the upper portion of the lantern c, is a thumb-piece, which, upon being pressed bythe thumb whilst the hand grasps I the handled, the bottom or lower part 0', containing the lamp c,'is swung back into a horizontal or nearly horizontal position, as seen in Fig. II, when the flame may be readily applied to the wick of the lamp to be lighted, protection from wind meantime being afi'orded to the flame by the guard-wings b b, which, being fast upon the lower portion 0, assume also a horizontal position. The lamp 0 is an ordinary oil lamp, fitting snugly into the bottom portion 0, and which may be easily and readily removed and replenished with oil or wick when necessary. The red lines, Fig. II, illustrate the manner in which the flame of the lantern is applied to the wick of the ordinary petroleum lamp.

The object of our invention is to provide a lantern for the purpose of lighting street or other lamps which will not be afl'ected, or its flame blown out, by sudden gusts of wind when being applied forthe purpose of ignition. This we accomplish by the above arrangement and combination of parts when operated in the manner described;

that is to say; the upper and lower case 0 and a bound together by the hinge g, and operated or opened by the thumb-piece (Z and handle d, the guard-wings b 6 being meanwhile thrown into such a position as to effectually protect the flame of the lamp e whilst being used to ignite the wick of the stationary lamp.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters P tent, is A handJantern, constructed as and for the purposes described.

I MIGHEAL McGILL,

JOSEPH E. TYN AN. Witnesses L. HoLMs', MAxToN HOLMS- 

